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Michael E. J. Masson

Michael E. J. Masson

D-Index & Metrics

Psychology

D-Index
52
Citations
13472
World Ranking
4934
National Ranking
329

Michael E. J. Masson publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Psychology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Michael E. J. Masson sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 138 publications — 43rd percentile

43% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 705 publications or more.

Michael E. J. Masson D-index placement in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Psychology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Michael E. J. Masson sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 52 D-Index — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more.

Overview

Michael E. J. Masson is affiliated with the University of Victoria in Canada. Their scholarly work encompasses multiple domains within psychology and neuroscience, with a focus on cognitive aspects of action and motor processes, language comprehension, and neural dynamics.

Masson's research spans several key topics including:

  • Action Observation and Synchronization
  • Language, Metaphor, and Cognition
  • Motor Control and Adaptation
  • Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Child and Animal Learning Development
  • Photoreceptor and Optogenetics Research
  • Neural Dynamics and Brain Function

Their work primarily falls within the main fields of Psychology and Neuroscience, with subfield concentrations in:

  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Social Psychology
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
  • Developmental and Educational Psychology

Michael E. J. Masson has published extensively in several academic venues, frequently contributing to:

  • Psychonomic Bulletin & Review
  • Journal of Experimental Psychology Human Perception & Performance
  • Nature Communications
  • Attention Perception & Psychophysics
  • Journal of Experimental Psychology Learning Memory and Cognition

Notable recent papers include:

  • "A pre-registered, multi-lab non-replication of the action-sentence compatibility effect (ACE)" (2021) published in Psychonomic Bulletin & Review
  • "Linking emotional valence and anxiety in a mouse insula-amygdala circuit" (2023) published in Nature Communications
  • "Motor representations evoked by objects under varying action intentions." (2020) published in Journal of Experimental Psychology Human Perception & Performance
  • "The role of cognitive control and top-down processes in object affordances" (2021) published in Attention Perception & Psychophysics
  • "On the nature of action-sentence compatibility effects." (2024) published in Journal of Experimental Psychology Learning Memory and Cognition

Masson collaborates regularly with several researchers, including:

  • Daniel N. Bub
  • Richard D. Morey
  • Michael P. Kaschak
  • Antonio M. Díez-Álamo
  • Arthur M. Glenberg

Best Publications

  • Using confidence intervals in within-subject designs

    Geoffrey R. Loftus;Michael E. J. Masson

  • Using confidence intervals for graphically based data interpretation.

    Michael E. J. Masson;Geoffrey R. Loftus

  • A tutorial on a practical Bayesian alternative to null-hypothesis significance testing.

    Michael E. J. Masson

  • A distributed memory model of semantic priming.

    Michael E. J. Masson

  • So Much to Read, So Little Time How Do We Read, and Can Speed Reading Help?

    Keith Rayner;Elizabeth R. Schotter;Michael E. J. Masson;Mary C. Potter

  • Altering memory representations through retrieval.

    Mark A. McDaniel;Michael E. Masson

  • SEMANTIC AMBIGUITY EFFECTS IN WORD IDENTIFICATION

    Ron Borowsky;Michael E. J. Masson

  • Working memory and individual differences in comprehension and memory of text.

    Michael E. J. Masson;Jo Ann Miller

  • Evocation of functional and volumetric gestural knowledge by objects and words.

    Daniel N. Bub;Michael E.J. Masson;George S. Cree

  • A linear mixed model analysis of masked repetition priming

    Reinhold Kliegl;Michael E.J. Masson;Eike M. Richter

  • Adult age differences in direct and indirect tests of memory.

    David F. Hultsch;Michael E. J. Masson;Brent J. Small

  • A Distributed Memory Model of Context Effects in Word Identification

    Michael E.J. Masson

  • Sources of bias in the Goodman-Kruskal gamma coefficient measure of association: implications for studies of metacognitive processes.

    Michael E. J. Masson;Caren M. Rotello

  • Grasping beer mugs: on the dynamics of alignment effects induced by handled objects.

    Daniel N. Bub;Michael E. J. Masson

  • Reenacting the route to interpretation: Enhanced perceptual identification without prior perception.

    Michael E. J. Masson;Colin M. MacLeod

  • Beyond spreading activation: An influence of relatedness proportion on masked semantic priming

    Glen E. Bodner;Michael E. J. Masson

  • Implicit Memory : New Directions in Cognition, Development, and Neuropsychology

    Peter Graf;Michael E.J. Masson

  • Prime Validity Affects Masked Repetition Priming: Evidence for an Episodic Resource Account of Priming

    Glen E. Bodner;Michael E.J. Masson

  • Masked Repetition Priming of Words and Nonwords: Evidence for a Nonlexical Basis for Priming

    Glen E. Bodner;Michael E.J. Masson

  • Conceptual processing of text during skimming and rapid sequential reading.

    Michael E. J. Masson

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel N. Bub
Daniel N. Bub University of Victoria
Reinhold Kliegl
Reinhold Kliegl University of Potsdam
D. Stephen Lindsay
D. Stephen Lindsay University of Victoria
Bruce W. A. Whittlesea
Bruce W. A. Whittlesea Simon Fraser University
Mark A. McDaniel
Mark A. McDaniel Washington University in St. Louis
David F. Hultsch
David F. Hultsch University of Victoria
Brent J. Small
Brent J. Small University of South Florida
Isabel Gauthier
Isabel Gauthier Vanderbilt University
Geoffrey R. Loftus
Geoffrey R. Loftus University of Washington
Betty Ann Levy
Betty Ann Levy McMaster University

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